Throw your party with tasty appetizers from SeaPak and Farm
Rich!(Retail)(Rich-SeaPak Corp.)(Brief article)
SeaPak Shrimp Co. ranks as the #1 selling retail brand within the
frozen specialty shrimp category. Farm Rich[R] offers a full line of
family friendly, party sized snacks and appetizers, including . . .
Foodservice distributors see 2006 decline in percentage of sales
growth.(Retail)(Brief article)
One of the most important changes noted in the 2006 data was a
decline in the percentage of sales growth for the second straight year
for foodservice distributors. While sales growth for . . .
H&M Bay upgrades facilities.(Brief article)
H & M Bay Inc. has announced that construction on the
cooler/freezer located at their facility in Federalsburg, MD is well
underway, with a completion date of January 25, 2008.
Installation of . . .
What time is it?(PUBLISHER'S THOUGHTS)(Brief
article)
For some, the clock moves in many directions. For those in a hurry,
there is never enough time. In fact, many would want the hands of the
clock to go counterclockwise.
The clock watcher can't . . .
Future convention activities: year 2008.(Calendar)
Jan 22-24 International Air Conditioning, Heating, Refrigerting
Exposition (AHR Expo). Jacob Javits Convention Center, New York.
Jan 23-25 International Poultry Expo, World Congress . . .
Costco adds locations.
Costco added 30 locations worldwide in fiscal 2007 and expects to
add up to nine more by January. The company also plans to enter
Australia this fiscal . . .
Frozen organic baby meals.(Baby Food)
Nurture, Inc. the parent company of Happy Baby[R], the first
nationally distributed fresh frozen organic baby meals, continues to
break new ground with the launch of Happy Bellies[R], the first . . .
Top 20 revenue refrigerated fleets 1997 to 2006.
Top 20 Revenue Refrigerated Fleets
1997 to 2006
'06 '05 '04 '03 '02 '01 '00
C R England Inc * Salt Lake 1 1 3 2 2 2 1
City . . .
Target opens.
Target Corp. could open an everage of one food distribution center
per year for the next 10 years to serve a rapidly expanding number of
Super Target . . .
Whole foods news.
Fifteen percent of the 57,800 square feet of a newly built Whole
Foods in Tennessee will be dedicated to selling prepared . . .
Global Cold Chain Alliance.(Promoted)(Corey Rosenbusch has been
promoted to the position of Vice President of the Global Cold Ch
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Corey Rosenbusch has been promoted to the position of Vice
President of the Global Cold Chain Alliance.
He was formerly the Senior Director of Policy & Programs and
has . . .
150,000-acre historic eastern oregon ranch certified organic:
McEwen ranch becomes largest pure organic Angus ranch in
country.
The historic McEwen Ranch announced recently its 150,000 plus acres
have been certified organic by the USDA's National Organic Program.
This is the culmination of a three-year process during . . .
American's dairy consumption below recommendations.
Americans are consuming more dairy products than in 1970, but the
average American diet still falls short of the daily recommendations for
milk and milk products.
The good news is that many . . .
More families dine at home.
For the first time in half a century, the percentage of women
working outside the home hasn't increased for several consecutive
years--a trend that has impacted the number of meals, per . . .
Food product introductions continue to set records.
A record 20,031 food and beverage products were introduced in 2006,
according to Datamonitor, a leading international supplier of
information on new packaged products.
Food categories with the . . .
Pliant introduces empower suite of engineered packaging films for
source reduction.(Equipment Update)
Pliant Engineered Films, a global leader in packaging technology,
announces their Empower[TM] suite of technologies for source reduction
in packaging.
The introduction of this portfolio of . . .
New conveyor selection guide makes finding the right conveyor
easy.(Literature)
QC Industries has published a Conveyor Selection Guide that serves
as an introduction to their entire line of low profile conveyors. The
six page brochure also details several things that . . .
Mars US supports Harkin/Murkowski amendment.
As part of the company's commitment to encourage healthier
lifestyle choices for students, Mars US has announced its support for
the amendment to the Farm Bill that would update nutritian standards . . .
Totino's and Jeno's frozen pizzas recalled due to
possible E. coli contamination.
Totino's and Jeno's have announced a voluntary recall of
frozen pizzas with pepperoni toppings because of possible contamination
of the pepperoni topping with E. coli O157:H7.
The recall affects . . .
Flavorseal vacuum pouches from CMS enhance product appearance and
consumer appeal.(Equipment Update)(Brief article)
Clear Flavorseal[R] non-shrink vacuum pouches are the space-saving,
leakproof solution that customers want. Flavorseal vacuum pouches give
packaged products the advantage in the display case, with . . .
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